Washing-machine



Patented Sepi. 20, i898.

J.. MILLER.

WASHlNG MACMNE.

' (Appication led Apr. 22, 1897,)

(No Mode.)

UNITED STATES ATENT Erice.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,996, datedSeptember 20, 1898.

Application filed April 22, 1897. Serial No. 633,262. (No model.)

way, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new anduseful Vashing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines which depend for theiroperation upon the combined action of suction, forcing, and pounding,whereby the dirt is removed and the clothing cleansed.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings an the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the ininor details of construction without departingfrom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and toa full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a perspective View of awashingmachine embodying the improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical centralsection thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in both views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The drum lis of cylindrical form and is open at its lower end andAclosed at its upper end and is formed in its sides at a point midwaybetween its top and bottom with a series of openings 2, which are in thesame horizontal plane. An arched bar 3 extends over the upper or closedend of the drum and is riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured at itsends to the sides of the drum, and its horizontal portion is centrallyapertured for the to bracing the upper end of the tubular guide 5, formsa handle by means of which ,thel machine is held in place when inoperation and by means of which it is readily moved from one place toanother.

The hollow plunger 6, of less diameter than the drum, is provided tooperate therein, and consists of a head and a depending rim,which partsinclose an air-chamber which materially assists the washing process, aswill appear lnore fully hereinafter. By having the plunger of lessvdiameter than the drum and centrally disposed an annular space is hadbetween it and the drum for the passage of water upon operating theplunger. The rod 4 has a handle 7 at its upper end and is threaded atits lower end to receive a pair of nuts 8,

between which the hollow plunger is held,

and by properly adjusting the nuts the plunger can be moved withreference to therod 4 and has adjustable connection therewith. The rod 4operates through the tubular guide 5 and is limited in its downwardmovement by the handle 7 engaging with the upper end of the tubularguide at its junction with the arched bar 3, and this rod is limited inits upward movement by the uppermost nut 8 engaging with the lower endof the part 5. The head of the hollow plunger is reinforced by a disk orplate 9 placed thereon and held in place by the upper nut S. Hence upondepressing the rod the pressure is transmitted to the head of the hollowplunger in such a manner as to prevent its center portion beingdepressed or bent out of shape.

In operation the clothes to be washed are placed in a tub withsufficient suds-water to about cover them, after which the drum isplaced upon the bulk of clothing or other articles and the hollowVplunger is reciprocated within the drum, the upstroke creating a vacuumand causing the suds-water to move upward in the drum and through theclothes or articles, and upon depressing the plunger a part of the wateris forced 'back through l IOO the drum above it will escape through theopenings 2, whereby a circulation is insured and water prevented fromaccumulating in the upper portion of the drum to such an eX- tent as tointerfere materially with and prevent the free operation of the plunger.

I-Iavng thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Awashing-machine comprising a cylindrical drum closed at its upper endand open at its lower end, and having a series of openings in its sidesmidway of its ends, an arched bar secured at its ends to the sides ofthe drum and having its horizontal portion centrally apertured, a tubeconnecting the middle portion of the arch with the closed end of thedrum and projecting into the latter a short distance, a rod having ahandle at its upper end and passing through the said tube and guided inits movements thereby, a hollow plunger open at its lower end and ofless diameter than the drum, and adapted to reciprocate therein, andsecured to the lower end of the said rod, and a reinforcing-platesecured to the lower end of the said rod for backing the head of thehollow plunger, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE MILLER.

Titnessesz F. A. THOMPSON, S. A. LoUGI-IRY.

